Thanks to shows like House, the Internet, and numerous news magazines, medical technology like MRI Brain Scans are becoming common knowledge. And we understand more and about the brain, the cerebral cortex and how it is divided into four lobes that correspond to the names of the four parts of the skull bone.

Together they make up a large part of the brain's thinking regions.

The Four Lobes

1. Frontal lobe

2. Parietal lobe

3. Occipital lobe

4. Temporal lobe

Doctors have discovered an incredible amount of information about living human brains by utilizing MRI Brain Scans, which we have found fascinating as we learn about these discoveries.

An MRI Brain scan can tell the difference between soft tissue organs and indicate brain activity in different areas of your brain. One of the things that doctors have learned is that all healthy human brains function exactly the same way.

MRI stands for magnet resonance imaging and it is an advanced medical scanning device used by medical professional to gain the most precise images of the internal structures of the body including the brain.

MRI uses both magnetic fields and radio waves that are completely safe. This computer technology shows detailed images of the soft tissues, muscles, nerves in your body. There is no radiation involved. The are no suspected side effects.

MRI Brain Scan Procedure

Your physician will send you to an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) center for a brain scan. At the center, you will be taken to a room where you will be asked to lie down on a table, the table will then move into the MRI machine where pictures will be taken. The technician will ask you to hold your breath so that you don't move. The entire process is brief and takes only a few short minutes with absolutely no exposure of radiation.

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